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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

The Best Classical Music Performances of March 2025 by Joshua Barone, Seth Colter Walls, Zachary Woolfe and Oussama Zahr

Watch and listen to recent highlights, including Nicole Scherzinger on Broadway, a pair of Janacek operas and Cécile McLorin Salvant.

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Friday, June 17, 2022

Review: The Met Opera Orchestra Raises a Glorious Noise by Oussama Zahr

The orchestra’s power in theatrical music was on display in two concerts at Carnegie Hall led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Review: A Big Baritone Sound at Play in an Intimate Setting by Oussama Zahr

Justin Austin’s program in the Board of Officers Room at the Armory included three cycles of Langston Hughes poems.

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Monday, May 9, 2022

Review: Handel’s ‘Serse,’ With Yuks and Exquisite Playing by Oussama Zahr

The English Concert’s performance at Carnegie Hall showed off the ensemble’s elastic responsiveness.

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